Mapping advanced practice nurses' scope of practice, satisfaction, and drivers of role performance.

Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) roles in Switzerland include Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Nurse Practitioner (NP) and blended roles. The variety contributes to unclear profiles and scope of practice. To describe a) the performance of APN tasks according to Hamric's competencies, b) job satisfaction, and c) barriers and facilitators to role performance.

Validation of the newly developed Advanced Practice Nurse Task Questionnaire: A national survey.

Aim: To describe psychometric validation of the newly developed Advanced Practice Nurse Task Questionnaire.

Design: Cross-sectional quantitative study.

Methods: The development of the questionnaire followed an adapted version of the seven steps described in the guide by the Association for Medical Education in Europe.

Experiences of parents with caring for their child after a cancer diagnosis.

Children and adolescents with cancer are increasingly treated and cared for at home; hospital stays are reduced to a minimum. Taking care of a sick child at home has an impact on the entire family: the sick child, the siblings, and the parents. This qualitative study examines the experiences of parents taking their child home for the first time after the diagnosis.

[The first steps of an ANP-team - challenges and chances of ANP-teams at the Children's University Hospital Zurich].

In the past, various individual ANP-roles such as Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner were developed in the USA and in several countries of Northern Europe. In Switzerland, the number of university-educated nurse specialists is still very limited. In order to promote sustainable progress in nursing practice despite of this background, Advanced Nursing Practice teams (ANP-teams) have continuously been established at Kinderspital Zurich for the last eight years.

[A challenge in spite of acceptance - how mothers of newborn babies with a "cleft" experience the transition from the hospital back home].

There is almost no empirical data about how mothers of newborn babies with a cleft lip and/or palate manage the transition from the hospital to home. This qualitative study therefore focuses on the experiences of mothers of newborn babies with a cleft lip and palate. Two problem-oriented interviews were conducted with five women.

[A method combination for Advanced Nursing Practice projects].

In order to offer Advanced Nursing Practice (ANP) in Switzerland, some practice development projects have been established with the goal to enable entire nursing teams to become ANP Teams. These ANP Teams are led by ANP nurses with a high expertise in the specific practice area. The combination of the three methods action research, project management and evaluation research have proven useful for the ANP nurse as project leader.

[Outcomes and experiences of caring for families with children with cleft lip and palate at the Children's Hospital of Zurich].

The development and establishment of Advanced Nursing Practice is an important step toward an effective and sustainable care. Five diploma nurses of the Children's Hospital of Zurich started an ANP project in the field of children with cleft lip and palate under the guidance of an ANP Nurse. The purpose of this project was to address the needs of the families and to establish state-of-the-art care.